The Pasig City government has hired 227 new healthcare workers to sustain the operations of the city’s hospitals amid the spike in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto announced the hiring in a Facebook post on Wednesday, Jan. 19, after several hospital staff were placed...
The Navotas City Hospital has resumed more services after health workers recovered from coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the city government announced on Wednesday, Jan.19. The following services will be available in the hospital: - Admission for non-COVID-19 cases will be open according to its...
Amid reports of counterfeit coronavirus disease (COVID-19) medicines such as Molnupiravir, the Department of Health (DOH) released an advisory on Wednesday, Jan. 19 Molnupiravir (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) Molnupiravir, according to DOH, is a drug for mild cases of COVID-19 currently provided with an...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila is on a "downward trajectory" as cases fall below 10,000 for the first time in two weeks, the independent research group OCTA said on Wednesday, Jan. 19. " NCR (National Capital Region's) new cases on a...
The Eastern Police District (EPD) District Mobile Force Battalion (DMFB) opened on Wednesday, Jan. 19, a temporary quarantine facility for personnel who may become infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Headed by DMFB officer-in-charge Lt. Col. Hendrix B. Mangaldan, the Kalingang Sinaglaya...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Wednesday, Jan. 19, a total of 22,958 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, the lowest in the past week. Shoppers flock to bargain stores along Ilaya Street in Divisoria, Binondo, Manila, on Oct. 14, 2021. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) This is even lower than...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday defended the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) move to implement the “no vaccine, no ride” policy in Metro Manila despite the public’s uproar against it. Go, who chairs the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, also said he would...
As it prepares for the expansion phase of limited face-to-face classes in basic education, the Department of Education (DepEd) is planning to include learners in other grade levels in the limited in-person sessions. Pilot face-to-face classes at Mother of Good Counsel Seminary in San Fernando,...
An infectious disease expert cautioned the public against using the term "mild" to describe the Omicron variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (NOEL B. PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) Infectious disease expert Dr. Edsel Salvana took to Facebook to dissipate misinformation and give a reality check...
Celebrating lives lost to this ongoing pandemic By Ortrud Ting-Yao Last October 2021, I lost an aunt, a cousin, and an uncle, all to COVID-19. I could not understand why things were happening, and why they were taken away from us in a span of 12 days. COVID-19 hit the family hard. I couldn't...
The Tala Hospital in Caloocan City is seeing a "slight" decline in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) admission, an official of the hospital said Wednesday, Jan. 19. "Medyo maluwag na ho kami ngayon, two weeks ago medyo mataas ho yung aming admission rate per day, nasa 25 to 30 admissions. Sa ngayon,...
Never let your guard down With the alarming news of people getting infected with COVID-19 being reported and shared between friends and family, it can get quite daunting to find out that it's possible you might not be 100 percent safe—even at home where it's supposed to be a place that protects...
